Alert archive / Hawaii / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high wind warning at Jan 5, 2017, 3:24 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2017, 3:24 AM HST (13:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2017, 3:35 PM HST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
County Hawaii County, HI
The radar
The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
718 WWHW70 PHFO 051324 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 324 AM HST THU JAN 5 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSING NORTH OF THE STATE WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE HIGH SUMMITS OF THE BIG ISLAND TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 12000 FEET. HIZ028-060230- /O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170106T0400Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0001.170105T1324Z-170106T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 324 AM HST THU JAN 5 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 45 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING AND HIKING VERY DANGEROUS. THESE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TENTS AND SLAM DOORS OPEN OR CLOSED FORCEFULLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WINDS AT THE SUMMITS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT LEAST 56 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 66 MPH. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMIT AREAS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS...DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY AND BE CAREFUL OPENING AND CLOSING DOORS. && $$ JACOBSON
1 follow-up statement
376 WWHW70 PHFO 060135 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 335 PM HST THU JAN 5 2017 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. THESE WINDS MAY CONTINUE...AND POSSIBLY INCREASE...INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. HIZ028-061445- /O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170106T0400Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0003.170106T0135Z-170107T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 335 PM HST THU JAN 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS MAY CONTINUE...AND POSSIBLY INCREASE...INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 40 TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY DANGEROUS. THESE WINDS CAN SLAM DOORS OPEN OR CLOSED FORCEFULLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WROE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 7:19 PM HST | Wind Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 8 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Hawaii, 2017Every high wind warning in 2017
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.